In the 2nd half of my 20s I left a mid-sized Italian city called Modena and moved to San Francisco, a place I hold very dear to my heart to this day. I did my undergraduate in the United States and ended up in New York City with a job at a software startup called Meetup. I've been living in Brooklyn for seven years now and at this very moment I can't imagine leaving this very special place. I love the craziness, the variety, the boldness, the quality, the expectations and the attitude. :-)

I am very passionate when it comes to music, cycling, cinema and traveling. To the point where work and career simply "sponsor" experiences related to my love for all these things.

I'm a bit of an old soul. I love a good cocktail, an intelligent conversation, a beautiful beach, a fulfilling vegetarian meal (I haven't eaten meat in over 20 years) and a great group of friends.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'll be honest here. 1) There's no better way to experience a new place than with the help of someone who lives there. 2) New York sucks my paycheck dry every month. Relentlessly. 3) In my youth I was imprinted by punk rock and DIY culture. I crashed on friends couches traveling Europe for shows and festival and loved every second.

Interests

I'm pretty fanatical about music and cinema, sometimes in a disturbed way. Most of my traveling has been related to these two forms of art. It's my natural habitat. Randomly, I can also get caught rambling incessantly about how much I love DIY politics, San Francisco (where I lived for a couple of years), a good bourbon, photography, very technical skateboarding and traveling.

• arts
• culture
• photography
• diy
• festivals
• cocktails
• vegetarian
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• skateboarding
• software
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

There are a lot of movies in my heart, here's a sample: Nights of Cabiria, The Conversation, If..., Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Billy Liar (yes, I like the British stuff of the '50s and '60s and so-called "Free Cinema"), the heroes of American black and white (Menkiewicz, Fuller, Wyler, Wilder, etc...) and the 70s bunch (Scorsese, Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg, Friedkin) and a whole lot of Japanese directors like Seijun Suzuki, Masahiro Shinoda and Mikio Naruse. There's little I rave about these days... but Shion Sono is probably the coolest director nowadays.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I moved to San Francisco all the way from Italy and took care of a lot of inhibitions, fears, issues, doubts, uncertainties, etc... It was, so far, the best time of my life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States